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Data Nuggets

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Scopus Author ID: 37018917200

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data literacy, science communication, community engaged research, invasive species, agroecology

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United States

Biography

Dr. Elizabeth Schultheis is the co-founder of Data Nuggets and the Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Long Term Ecological Research Program at the Kellogg Biological Station. She directs the KBS LTER’s community engagement, education, and communications initiatives. As a broadly trained plant biologist, ecologist, and discipline based education researcher, Elizabeth uses her scientific and communication skills to help scientists share their stories and research with broad audiences to promote a passion for science and data literacy in the next generation.

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Employment (5)

Michigan State University W K Kellogg Biological Station: Hickory Corners, MI, US

2021-04-15 to present | Education & Outreach Coordinator (Long-Term Ecological Research Program)
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Elizabeth H Schultheis

Conservation Corridor: Hickory Corners, MI, US

2019-07-01 to 2021-04-15 | Outreach and Communications Specialist
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Elizabeth H Schultheis

Michigan State University: Hickory Corners, MI, US

2019-04-01 to 2021-04-15 | Education and Outreach Specialist (Long Term Ecological Research)
Employment
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Elizabeth H Schultheis

Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI, US

2019-04-01 to 2021-04-15 | Education and Outreach Specialist (MSU Extension)
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Elizabeth H Schultheis

Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI, US

2015-08-01 to 2021-04-15 | Data Nugget Postdoctoral Researcher (BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action)
Employment
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Elizabeth H Schultheis

Education and qualifications (2)

Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI, US

2008-07-01 to 2015-08-01 | PhD (Plant Biology, EEBB)
Education
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Elizabeth H Schultheis

Colgate University: Hamilton, NY, US

2004-09-01 to 2008-06-01 | B.A. (Environmental Biology, Philosophy)
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Elizabeth H Schultheis

Works (16)

More than a token photo: humanizing scientists enhances student engagement

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0879
EID:

2-s2.0-85216237875

Part of ISSN: 14712954 09628452
Contributors: Costello, R.A.; Driessen, E.P.; Kjelvik, M.K.; Schultheis, E.H.; Youngblood, R.M.; Zemenick, A.T.; Weber, M.G.; Ballen, C.J.
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Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

More than a token photo: humanizing scientists enhances student engagement

bioRxiv
2024 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.29.577791
EID:

2-s2.0-85185484694

Part of ISSN: 26928205
Contributors: Costello, R.A.; Driessen, E.P.; Kjelvik, M.K.; Schultheis, E.H.; Youngblood, R.M.; Zemenick, A.T.; Weber, M.G.; Ballen, C.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

“Scientists are People too”: Biology Students Relate More to Scientists When They are Humanized in Course Materials

CBE Life Sciences Education
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.24-02-0045
EID:

2-s2.0-85210340301

Part of ISSN: 19317913
Contributors: Schultheis, E.H.; Zemenick, A.T.; Youngblood, R.M.; Costello, R.A.; Driessen, E.P.; Kjelvik, M.K.; Weber, M.G.; Ballen, C.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

Effects of Data Nuggets on Student Interest in STEM Careers, Self-efficacy in Data Tasks, and Ability to Construct Scientific Explanations

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
2023-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-022-10295-1
Part of ISSN: 1571-0068
Part of ISSN: 1573-1774
Contributors: Elizabeth H Schultheis; Melissa K. Kjelvik; Jeffrey Snowden; Louise Mead; Molly A. M. Stuhlsatz
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Elizabeth H Schultheis
grade
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Big data, big changes? The technologies and sources of data used in science classrooms

British Journal of Educational Technology
2022-09 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.13245
Part of ISSN: 0007-1013
Part of ISSN: 1467-8535
Contributors: Joshua Rosenberg; Elizabeth H Schultheis; Melissa K. Kjelvik; Aaron Reedy; Omiya Sultana
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Elizabeth H Schultheis
grade
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Using Messy, Authentic Data to Promote Data Literacy and Reveal the Nature of Science

The American Biology Teacher
2020-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1525/abt.2020.82.7.439
Part of ISSN: 0002-7685
Part of ISSN: 1938-4211
Contributors: Elizabeth H. Schultheis; Melissa K. Kjelvik
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Elizabeth H Schultheis
grade
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Getting messy with authentic data: Exploring the potential of using data from scientific research to support student data literacy

CBE Life Sciences Education
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.18-02-0023
EID:

2-s2.0-85065887916

Part of ISSN: 19317913
Contributors: Kjelvik, M.K.; Schultheis, E.H.
Source: Self-asserted source
Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

Phenology in a warming world: differences between native and non-native plant species

Ecology Letters
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13290
EID:

2-s2.0-85068967032

Part of ISSN: 14610248 1461023X
Contributors: Zettlemoyer, M.A.; Schultheis, E.H.; Lau, J.A.
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Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

Competitive ability, not tolerance, may explain success of invasive plants over natives

Biological Invasions
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1733-0
EID:

2-s2.0-85045738339

Part of ISSN: 15731464 13873547
Contributors: Schultheis, E.H.; MacGuigan, D.J.
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Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

A novel impact of a novel weapon: allelochemicals in Alliaria petiolata disrupt the legume-rhizobia mutualism

Biological Invasions
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-0913-4
EID:

2-s2.0-84938962021

Part of ISSN: 15731464 13873547
Contributors: Portales-Reyes, C.; Van Doornik, T.; Schultheis, E.H.; Suwa, T.
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Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

No release for the wicked: Enemy release is dynamic and not associated with invasiveness

Ecology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1890/14-2158.1
EID:

2-s2.0-84942284415

Part of ISSN: 19399170 00129658
Contributors: Schultheis, E.H.; Berardi, A.E.; Lau, J.A.
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Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

Quantifying nonadditive selection caused by indirect ecological effects

Ecology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1890/14-0619.1
EID:

2-s2.0-84942253616

Part of ISSN: 19399170 00129658
Contributors: TerHorst, C.P.; Lau, J.A.; Cooper, I.A.; Keller, K.R.; La Rosa, R.J.; Royer, A.M.; Schultheis, E.H.; Suwa, T.; Conner, J.K.
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Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

When two invasion hypotheses are better than one

New Phytologist
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13260
EID:

2-s2.0-84920962205

Part of ISSN: 14698137 0028646X
Contributors: Lau, J.A.; Schultheis, E.H.
Source: Self-asserted source
Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

Data Nuggets: Bringing Real Data into the Classroom to Unearth Students' Quantitative and Inquiry Skills

The American Biology Teacher
2015-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1525/abt.2015.77.1.4
Part of ISSN: 0002-7685
Part of ISSN: 1938-4211
Contributors: Elizabeth H. Schultheis; Melissa K. Kjelvik
Source: Self-asserted source
Elizabeth H Schultheis
grade
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Evolving better cars: Teaching evolution by natural selection with a digital inquiry activity

American Biology Teacher
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1525/abt.2014.76.4.8
EID:

2-s2.0-84899031855

Part of ISSN: 00027685
Contributors: Royer, A.M.; Schultheis, E.H.
Source: Self-asserted source
Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier

Potential impacts of climate change on sphagnum bogs of the southern appalachian mountains

Natural Areas Journal
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3375/043.030.0407
EID:

2-s2.0-78149296764

Part of ISSN: 08858608
Contributors: Schultheis, E.H.; Hopfensperger, K.N.; Brenner, J.C.
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Elizabeth H Schultheis via Scopus - Elsevier
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